Jaclyn Severance

Jaclyn (Falkowski) Severance has worked in communications and public relations in the state of Connecticut for more than 15 years. She served as the director of communications and primary spokesperson for the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General before joining University Communications. She also previously served as the communications director for the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, as a press secretary for the Connecticut General Assembly’s Senate Democratic Caucus, and as the associate editor of Connecticut Lawyer magazine. Jaclyn earned a degree in communications, emphasizing in journalism, from the University of Hartford; studied photography at the Hartford Art School; and interned as a staff writer with the Hartford Courant. She and her husband and son live on a small, family farm in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner where they raise cashmere goats. Her beat includes human rights and global affairs, entrepreneurship and innovation, social work, behavioral sciences, and campus life.


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Portraits of Steven Kinsey and Natalie Shook

New Faculty Hope to Marry Nursing Research with Psychology, Neuroscience Studies

Recent transplants from West Virginia, Natalie Shook and Steven Kinsey have brought their collaborative approaches to research and their interactive styles of teaching to the lab and the classroom as the UConn School of Nursing’s newest faculty members.

A traditional white nurses' cap is imprinted with the type-written text of an immigration and naturalization form. It it held in a man's hands in this close-up image.

From Diaspora to Health Care Delivery: Exhibit Highlights Work of Filipino Nurses

“Your cap is a passport,” the nurses were told, as they were recruited from their home in the Philippines to work at hospitals in the United States and around the world – a reference to the starched dresses and caps worn by nurses that have since fallen out of fashion as well as the recognition […]

Celebrating Seventh Year, UConn Community Offers Support for Students in Recovery

The UConn Recovery Community offers many ways to support students struggling with, or recovering from, addiction.

School of Nursing staff accept the trophy for the school’s winning performance in UConn Office of Veterans Affairs and Military Programs’ 7th Annual Homeless Veteran Care Package Drive on February 10, 2020, in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room.

For Second Year in a Row, School of Nursing Recognized for Supporting Veterans

For the second year in a row, the School of Nursing was recognized by UConn’s Office of Veterans Affairs and Military Programs for collecting the most donations to the 7th Annual Homeless Veteran Care Package Drive.

A group of young children having lunch together in a school cafeteria.

Exploring the School-Age Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health Landscape

A project by UConn researchers examines how K-12 schools determine the social and emotional needs of students.

Anysley Diamond and Thomas Van Hoof hold an plaque honoring Van Hoof as a Center for Excellence in Teaching 2019-2020 University Teaching Fellow

Nursing Faculty Member, Neag School Alum Receives UConn Teaching Fellow Award

Neag School alumnus Thomas J. Van Hoof ’92 MD, ’96 MA, associate professor at UConn’s schools of Nursing and Medicine, has been recognized by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) as one of two 2019-20 University Teaching Fellows.

A young woman walks on an unpaved pathway through a stretch of land in Sri Lanka that is bordered on the left by rocks and on the right by open field. A fog settles over the hills in the distance.

My Eye-Opening Nursing Placement in Sri Lanka

UConn Nursing graduate Teresa Lynders '17 (NUR) recently traveled to Kandy, Sri Lanka, on a nursing internship to see the differences between healthcare in the U.S. and the developing world.

The inside of a tanning bed.

Popular Gyms Undermining Health with Tanning Beds, UConn Researcher Says

Three popular national gyms are putting a 'health halo' on a dangerous practice by offering tanning beds to customers, UConn researchers say.

A UConn School of Nursing CEIN/BS graduate, sitting with her peers, facing the stage at the Jorgensen Center, raises her hands to cheer when her campus is announced.

CEIN/BS Students Celebrate Pinning, Commencement

On December 12, 2019, students from four UConn campuses – Avery Point, Waterbury, Stamford, and Storrs – gathered with their friends, family, and faculty at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the newest graduates from the School of Nursing’s CEIN/BS program. In total, 142 graduates earned their pins and certificates and embarked on the next steps in their nursing careers.

A treehopper insect with a colorful, triangular "helmet."

UConn Study: Wing Genes Responsible for Tiny Treehopper’s Extraordinary Helmet

A study by UConn researchers sheds new light on how the distinctive "helmets" of treehopper insects evolved.